The document provides a technology action plan for a campus that includes strategies for integrating technology into curriculum, instruction, and assessment through professional development. The plan outlines strategies such as providing new teacher orientation on technology, utilizing existing district resources, and continuous improvement through integrating technology into classroom professional development and research on technology usage. Key parties responsible for implementing the strategies include the principal, instructional technology specialists, department leaders, and teachers. The sources of funding are the campus and district budgets. The evaluation process involves qualitative feedback, surveys, administrative observations, and student performance data.
1. Te’Nesha Austin
EDLD 5352: Instructional Leadership
Week 4 Assignment
3/20/11
Technology Action Plan
Objective: To address the campus’ technology needs based on data analysis from various resources
focusing on the effective integration of technology in curriculum, instruction, and assessment through
professional development.
Strategies Parties in Charge Source of Evaluation Process
Funding
New school year orientation – Principal & Instructional Campus Budget Qualitative feedback
Technology Training Technology Specialist and teacher surveys
(Gradespeed, Code of Conduct
ect.)
Utilize current district Principal & Instructional Campus Budget Administrative
resources (SMARTboards, Technology Specialist Observation
CPS, United Streaming, Qualitative feedback
teacher websites) and teacher
evaluations
Utilize online resources usage Principal & Instructional Campus Budget Qualitative feedback
training (Youtube, Google Technology Specialist and surveys
applications)
Utilize content specific Principal, Instructional District Budget Qualitative feedback
technology training Technology Specialist, and teacher/campus
Department Leaders STaR Chart results
Classroom walk throughs to Principal, Instructional Eduphoria and
identify and support staff in Technology Specialist, documentation
technology integration Department Leaders
Utilize/create/maintain Principal & Department District Budget Web page report and
teacher website Leaders STaR chart results
Continuous Improvement - Instructional Technology District Budget All teachers will be
integrating technology into Coordinator required to attend at
the classroom professional least 3 staff
development development sessions
offered throughout the
year
Continuous Improvement – All administration, CIP, Documentation and
data collection and research Instructional Technology technology action plan
on technology and future Coordinator,
development/usages Instructional Technology
Specialist
2. Technology Action Plan Organizational Chart
Personnel/Stakeholders Role &
Job Description Administrators Role
Title Responsibilities
Technology Application Oversee the technology • Ensure technology Increase
Administrator department; is enhancing, communication
supporting, and
• District website with facilitating learning,
links to all instruction,
departments and communication and
campuses. administration in
• Campus websites the district
maintained by
campus webmaster,
with links to teacher
websites
• Communications
platform for district
wide
communication
(email, file sharing,
calendar)
• Network and email
accounts for every
employee.
• Data storage for all
network accounts
and students
• Web based grade
book and parent
portal
• Web based student
management
system
• Distance learning
opportunities
• Variety of other
resources and
programs
Instructional Technology Work collaboratively • To improve the Provide support to
Coordinator with technology capacity of all teachers and
integration administrator teachers to coordinator through
and instructional integrate learning period.
technology specialist to technology
effectively into
provide leadership curriculum and
instruction
• To provide training
that identifies and
promotes curricula
and teaching
3. strategies that
integrate
technology
effectively into
curricula and
instruction, based
on a review of
relevant research,
and leading to
improvements in
student academic
achievement.
• To provide ongoing,
sustained
professional
development for:
teachers, principals,
administrators, and
school library media
personnel to further
the effective use of
technology in the
classroom and the
library media center
Instructional Technology Provide leadership, • Provide ongoing Review technology
Specialist coordination, and staff sustained staff training offering and
development to ensure development in the work collaboratively
an aligned and integration of with specialists to
technology into the
articulated instructional provide technology
curriculum for
program in regards to a teachers, principals, training to their campus
variety of technology administrators and
tools, applications and school library
programs personnel to further
the effective use of
technology in the
classroom and
library media
centers
Curriculum Specialist AEISIT, TMSDS, • Provide educators Communicate and work
CSCOPE and access to a district collaboratively to scan
Benchmark Testing data disaggregating and score campus data
systems to analyze on benchmark testing
student
performance
Director of Elementary General Education • Ensure content Attend meetings to
Education Curriculum K-6, area specialists are increase collaboration
ESL/Bilingual Education provided time and between other campus
PK-12, Federal resources to administrators
become properly
Programs and State
trained in assisting
Compensatory teachers integration
Education, Migrant technology into
Education, Gifted and specific content
Talented Education K-6, areas, work directly
4. Dyslexia K-6 with campus
principals on a
variety of topics
related to job
description
• Encourage
relationship building
between technology
department and the
curriculum and
instruction
department
Director of Secondary General Education • Ensure content Attend meetings to
Education Curriculum 7-12, Gifted area specialists are increase collaboration
and Talented Education provided time and between other campus
7-12, Dyslexia 7-12, resources to administrators
become properly
Advanced Placement
trained in assisting
7-12, Career and teachers integration
Technology 7-12, technology into
International specific content
Baccalaureate Program areas, work directly
9-12 with campus
principals on a
variety of topics
related to job
description
• Encourage
relationship building
between technology
department and the
curriculum and
instruction
department
Content Area Provide leadership, • Work Establish a positive
Coordinators coordination, and staff collaboratively with relationship with
development to ensure teachers to content area
an aligned and integrate coordinators, discuss
technology into
articulated instructional campus/teacher needs
classroom practices
program in the subject • Provide and support, share
area assigned professional ideas regarding
development integration of content
directly related to specific technology,
the integration of include coordinators in
technology in the campus communication
content areas
and invite to key
• Serve as a liaison
between the meetings
teachers and
technology to
ensure needs are
being met
• Work
collaboratively with
5. the technology
department to stay
abreast of current
technology and its
uses
District Testing TAKS and all related • Ensure basic Work collaboratively to
Coordinator assessments technology skills ensure all state testing
are evaluated K-12 is conducted properly
Campus Administrator Create a • Provide support for Personally evaluate
teachers and staff their use of technology
shared vision, in the integration of to effectively run their
encourage and sustain technology to campus, asses and
the appropriate enhance teaching,
complete the Texas
integration of learning and
communication STaR Chart for their
technology, use modern campus, meet with
• Model the use of
technology to district coordinators
information technology
enhance campus regularly, collaborate
tools to embrace communication with with other principals
accountability and staff, parents, and regarding technology,
hence use data for the community
attend professional
sound decision-making • Provide policies
that encourages development related to
and continual
innovative use of integration of
assessment of effective
technology technology to enhance
technology for
teaching and learning,
improving student
hold meetings (wiki,
learning
blog or video
conference) with key
personal regularly,
model the use of
technology
Campus Technology Serve as the liaison • Provide campus Hold meetings with the
Support (Tech Mates) between the campus support for a variety Tech Mates to asses
and technology of technology technology needs of the
department needs, technology campus
department is
contacted as
needed
Librarian Oversee the • Provide students Meet with campus
management of the with a variety of librarian to discuss
campus multimedia opportunities to needs and budgeting in
center utilize technology an effort to provide
for information
additional high quality
acquisition,
problem-solving, support for students to
and oral and written integration technology
communication into their school day
• Assist teachers in
utilization of the
library to enhance
classroom
6. instruction related
to technology
• Provide additional
high quality support
for students to
integration
technology into
their school day
All Teachers Integrate technology • Provide students Walkthroughs and
effectively into with a variety of PDAS evaluations,
curriculum and opportunities to ensure teachers attend
instruction, thus utilize technology one technology
for information
improving academic professional
acquisition,
achievement and problem-solving, development a year
technology literacy for and oral and written
all students communication